Editorial on free speech and patriotism in wartime
An editorial discussing how the belief that one is entitled to an opinion is a long American tradition but not universally embraced. It cites Margaret Gilleo of a St Louis suburb and references the 1991 Gulf War patriotism surge and her experiences amid war sentiments.
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Margaret Gilleo
St.Louis
Kuwait
Gilleo
No Kidding Inspiration Songs Written In Transit
Kari A Van Assert lists six songs written in travel settings including Jimmy Dean on a plane Petula Clark on a plane John Denver on a ski lift Larry Grace in a VW bus the Beach Boys in a cab and a final tune in a cab with no kidding tone and source World Features Syndicate.
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Big Bad John Jimmy Dean
Petula Clark
Annies
John Denver
Larry Grace
Beach Boys
World Features Syndicate
Independent candidates push for childfocused Kansas governor race
Susan Gail Briggs and Robert Eye led Independent bids at a June 8 forum for 625 Sunflower Girls State delegates at the University of Kansas. Owen Sully attended as a Republican. Graves Kerr and Bicknell sent reps, while Slattery and Wagnon did not attend.
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Susan Gale Briggs
Boeing Wichita
Robert Eye
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
University of Kansas
Sunflower Girls
Susan Gail Briggs
Owen Sully
Bill Graves
Fred Kerr
Gene Bicknell
Eagle
Kansas
Contact details for Kansas federal lawmakers
A list provides office addresses and phone numbers for U.S. Senator Bob Dole and Senator Nancy Kassebaum, including their Washington offices and a Kansas Topeka office for Representative Jim Slattery. It includes phone and fax numbers for each, plus a Topeka location and contact.
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U.S
Jim Slattery
Rayburn
Washington
D.C
Topeka
Jayhawk Tower
Southwest Jackson
Rostenkowski Indictment Sparks Chicago Political Commentary
A Chicago columnist weighs the Rostenkowski 17 count indictment and broader views of Congress. He argues that public trust is shaped more by perks and systemics than by individual cases, citing pay raises, pensions, health care, and the House bank as defining issues.
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Rostenkowski
Chicago
al Capone
Justice Department
Congress
House Bank
Congressional
Budig to leave KU for major league baseball role
The Kansas University chancellor Gene Budig will depart Lawrence to lead in Major League Baseball as president elect of the American League. The departure raises questions about KU’s successor and the future funding and governance of Kansas's six state universities amid turf battles, enrollment pressures, and politics that force educators to be salespeople to secure grants and public support.
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Gene Budig
Kansas University
Lawrence
Kansas
Budig
Leges
Washburn
Pastime section to print youth baseball scores weekly
Editor notes Herald will run The Pastime eight page tabloid each Monday with Midget League and 10 and under girls softball scores box scores and stories. Coaches are urged to give young players more game time to build confidence and fairness.
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Community voices on thefts, schools, and sports policy
A reader forum laments recent church thefts including Bethany Baptist Chapel and questions burdens on school funding. It urges public engagement, condemns coaching excess, proposes a dedicated development league, and invites input via the “It’s Your Quarter” program with a weekend call window.
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Bethany Baptist Chapel
Heaven
Marines Land on Saipan and Biak Hold Ground
Fifty years ago today two U S Marine divisions hit Saipan to establish footholds on the island as forces landed apart from plan. American troops repelled a Japanese assault on Biak Island near New Guinea and U S B 29 bombers attacked the Japanese mainland from China for the first time, while Germany escalated buzz bomb attacks on England delivering 144 Vis.
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Saipan
Marianas
Biak Island
New Guinea
China
England
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